2003

Articles and Books

Bremer-David, Charissa, 'French & Company and American Collections of Tapestries, 1907-1959', Studies in the Decorative Arts XI, no.1 (Fall-Winter 2003-2004): 38-67.

Brosens, Koenraad, 'Charles Le Brun's Meleager and Atalanta and Brussels Tapestry c. 1675', Studies in the Decorative Arts, XI.1 (Fall-Winter 2003-2004): 5-37.

Brosens, Koenraad (ed.), Flemish Tapestry in European and American Collections. Studies in Honour of Guy Delmarcel, Turnhout (Brepols) 2003. (213 pages; ISBN : 2-503-52174-6)

Cassagnes-Brouquet, Sophie, 'Un rêve de chevalerie. Les Neuf Preux et les Neuf Preuses', L’Estampille-l’Objet d’art 382 (July-August 2003): 58-65.

Coquery, Emmanuel, 'Les Attributs de la Marine, d'après Jean Berain et Jean Lemoine. Une tenture d'exception entrée dans les collections du Louvre', La Revue du Louvre et des Musées de France 53, 5 (December 2003): 56-67.

Dacos, Nicole, 'De Perin del Vaga à Lambert Suavius. Les histoires d'Amour et de Psyché', Revue belge d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'Art LXXII (2003): 81-112.

Delmarcel, Guy, ‘The cartoons and tapestries of Rubens’s Life of Achilles’, in: Friso Lammertse and Alejandro Vergara (eds), Peter Paul Rubens. The Life of Achilles, exh. cat. (Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam/Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado) Rotterdam 2003: 33-41.

Forti Grazzini, Nello, Gli arazzi della Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia (Marsilio), 2003. (175 pages; ISBN 88-317-8361-0)

>> The collection encompasses mainly 15th and 16th-century tapestries; a.o. two pieces depicting the Vengeance of the Lord (Vespasian), c. 1485; four pieces of the Life of Scipio, Martin Reymbouts, c. 1580; a Landscape with Dragon, Oudenaarde, c. 1600; September and December, E. Leyniers, c. 1660; Cephalus, Beauvais, by Damoiselet, director Mérou, c. 1720; Port de Mer, Beauvais, c. 1722-33. Also tapestries that once made part of the Cini collection, now in the castle of Monselice: a.o. October, Tournai, c. 1520 and 4 pieces of the Life of Alexander, C. Mattens, c. 1600.

Forti Grazzini, Nello, 'Les tapisseries à Ferrare aux XVe et XVIe siècles', in: Une Renaissance particulière. La cour des Este à Ferrare, exh. cat. (Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts [Europalia Italia]), 2003: 326-333.

>> A summary of the author’s book and articles on the Ferrara production. Two tapestries exhibited: the Cosme Tura Deploration (Coll. Thyssen Madrid) and the Pergoline (Paris Musée des arts décoratifs). The catalogue entry for the latter piece curiously refers to the Phaeton tapestry from the same museum.

García Calvo, Margarita, 'Dos tapices flamencos “de Cruzadas’’ en la iglesia parroquial de Pastrana,' Goya 293 (March-April 2003): 81-90.

Glauco Curatola, Giovanni, I Misteri di Maria. Gli arazzi di Santa Maria Maggiore, Clusone (Ferrari Editrice) 2003. (95 pages)

>> A well illustrated book on the tapestries at Bergamo for non-specialist readers. The Life of the Virgin, 1583-84, models by Allori, woven in Florence by Benedetto Squilli, plus later (1696-98) additions woven in Antwerp by Reghelbrugge and designed by Lodewijk (Louis) van Schoor. The 16th century Flemish pieces are illustrated as well: Antique Triumphs, Phrixus and Helle, Hunting.

Hacke, A.M., C.M. Carr, A. Brown, and D. Howell, 'Investigation into the nature of metal threads in a renaissance tapestry and the cleaning of tarnished silver by UV/Ozone (UVO) treatment', Journal of materials science 38 (2003): 3307-3314.

Hunt, David, 'The association of the Lady and the Unicorn, and the hunting mythology of the Caucasus', Folklore 114, no.1 (2003): 75-90.

Meoni, Lucia, 'L’arazzo con la Madonna della gatta e le copie tessute di Pietro Févère dai quadri della granduchessa Vittoria della Rovere', in: Antonio Natali (ed.), Federico Barocci. Il miracolo della Madonna della gatta, (Le stanze di Calliope.Collana degli Amici degli Uffizi,3), Milano (Silvana ed.) 2003: 123-137. (ISBN 88-8215-638-9)

>> An exceptional case where the tapestry has been used to restore the heavily damaged painting at the Uffizi; further comments on several other tapestry copies of paintings by Barocci.

Mertens, Wim, 'Twee koninklijke ameublementen in tapisserie de Beauvais in het paleis te Brussel: aansluiting bij een Franse keizerlijke traditie', Gentse Bijdragen tot de Interieurgeschiedenis 32 (2003): 55-76.

Rábanos Faci, Carmen, 'Tapices', in Colección Ibercaja, Zaragoza (Ibercaja ed.) 2003: 387-449. (ISBN-84-8324-159-5)

Standen, Edith A. and Jennifer Wearden, ‘Early modern tapestries and carpets c.1500-1780,' in: David Jenkins (ed.), The Cambridge History of Western Textiles, Cambridge (UP) 2003. (ISBN 0-521-34107-8)

Stratmann-Dohler, Rosemarie, '"Alte Kunstschatze" im Bruchsaler Schloss. Die Wirkteppiche aus dem Besitz der Furstbischofe von Speyer', Weltkunst 73, 5 (May 2003): 702-704.

Turner, Hilary L., 'The Sheldon Tapestry Maps: their Content and Context', The Cartographic Journal 40, no. 1 (June 2003): 39-49.

Weigert, Laura, 'Velum Templi: Painted Cloths of the Passion and the Making of Lenten Rituals in Reims', Studies in Iconography 24 (2003): 199-229.

Book and exhibition reviews

Bertrand, Pascal-François, review of: Guy Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry, 1999, in: Studies in the Decorative Arts X, no.2 (Spring-Summer 2003): 136-139.

Bertrand, Pascal-François, review of: Thomas P. Campbell et al., Tapestry in the Renaissance, Art and Magnificence, New York 2002, in: Studies in the Decorative Arts XI, no.1 (Fall-Winter 2003-2004): 111-114.

Franke, Birgit, review of: Anna Rapp Buri and Monica Stucky-Schürer, Burgundische Tapisserien, München (Hirmer Verlag) 2001, in: Journal für Kunstgeschichte. Die internationale Rezensionszeitschrift 7, 3 (2003): 200-208.

Weddingen, Tristan, review of: Anna Rapp Buri and Monika Stucky-Schürer, Burgundische Tapisserien, 2001, in: Studies in the Decorative Arts X, no.2 (Spring-Summer 2003): 139-143.

Weigert, Laura, 'Tapestry Exposed', The Art Bulletin 85, 4 (December 2003): 784-796.

>>Tapestry in the Renaissance, New York 2002; and Edle Wirkung: Burgunder Tapisserien im neuen Licht, Bern 2002.

Exhibition catalogues

Fontainebleau/Versailles 2003-2004
Vincent Droguet, Xavier Salmon, Danièle Véron-Denise, Animaux d’Oudry, exh. cat. (Fontainebleau, Château/Versailles, Château), Paris 2003. (207 pages; ISBN 2-7118-4582-6)

Vienna 2003-2004
Kaiser Ferdinand I. 1503-1564. Das Werden der Habsburgermonarchie, exh. cat. (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum), Milan (Skira) 2003. (598 pages)

>> Notre-Dame du Sablon (Brussels); Granvelle Gardens (Vienna); Maximilian Hunts: March and December (Paris); Armorial of Margaret of Austria (Budapest); Joshuah , by P. Coecke (Vienna); Life of David (Vienna); Armorial of Bavaria, from the Antwerp Hercules (Munich); Hercules, Oudenaarde (Vienna)

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